The next Total War game has been accidentally leaked by CA itself:
I'm assuming they are going to announce it officially next week, on Tuesday, so there's a high chance that it will be released this year, perhaps in November. Judging from the title, I assume it has been inspired from Troy, but it's not part of the Saga franchise, which has been probably ditched by CA. I'm guessing it's going to focus on Bronze Age Egypt. Given the less ambitious scope of these games, I am expecting a map centered around the eastern Mediterranean Sea, including Egypt, eastern Libya, the Levant (Syria, Phoenicia and Palestine), Cyprus and southern Anatolia. As for the playable factions, I am betting Ramses II will be the main protagonist. If the battle of Kadesh, the most iconic military confrontation of the era, is the scene for the first game-play show, then the Hittites (Suppiluliuma or Muwatalli) will be the second faction to be revealed. The Sea Peoples look like the ideal candidate for a destructive horde, similar to the Chaos Warriors, so I'm wondering if they will be the pre-order bribe. Finally, a Levantine faction (Philistines, Canaanites or Israelites?) is going to be necessary, in order to fill the gap in Greater Syria.